Thinka founder Michael Franken, the Meross air purifier and more on HomeKit Insider

Cupertino, October 6, 2021

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Thinka founder Michael Franken joins the latest episode of HomeKit Insider to discuss the company's new Z-Wave hub for HomeKit and more!

Recently, Meross launched its new air purifier in the USA, joining, among others, Molekule, VOCOlinc, SmartMi. This new tablet device is listed on Amazon, although it is currently out of stock.

Aqara also made headlines, announcing that it will support Matter in 2022 and that they launched it on Amazon in France.

Finally, Thinka unveiled its new Z-Wave hub for HomeKit. This is the first HomeKit device to support Z-Wave and that's why we asked Thinka CEO Michael Franken to join the episode.

Throughout the podcast, we discuss the development and certification of the Z-Wave hub, why it is such a big business and what its limits are.

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